There should be a poll for this question, as I would like to see the other choices for #3 and #4 and so on.

A good followup for #3 could be 80 meters for more local contacts at night. Or 30 meters because it falls almost in between the propagation of 40 and 20. Interesting that the YouKits 4 Band has 80, 40, 30, and 20 meters.

I've never understood why so many QRP rigs are built for the 40M band. (Single band units) 20M will give you more bang for your buck than any other. (More DX, smaller antenna and the possibility to rotate the 20M antenna)

40, 20, 30, 80 meters in that order. I like having 30 meters, especially on weekends due to QRM from contests. I enjoy area contacts as much a long distance contacts, so the only reason for my keeping 20m is for my established skeds (which I would rather move to 30m anyway ...) ;^)

During times of low sun numbers and during the quiet of winter, 80m is a lot of fun on 80m. However, here in The South, T-storms are usually roaring along from mid-day onward through the nights from Spring through late Summer & make 80m very difficult except in the early morning hours.

My next project is a Weber Tri Bander 20/30/40 meters. I've used one more than a few times, just as nice as my K1 which is only 2 bands 20/40m and using SW 30+ for 30m. I think Elecraft missed the boat on the K1 when not including a 3rd band and only option is an additional PITA 2 band module that has to be changed out.

My preferences are:20m for daylight DX30m for night time DX, especially in winter40m for contact within VK. At my QTH, 40m is often very noisy with QRN and when I'm portable, the nature and deployment of my antennas is such that my signal tends to have quite high angle radiation, favoring closer contacts, rather than DX.

30m is becoming my favorite QRP band. It's out of the 20m DX frenzy and I've found that folks often listen there, so very often my QRP CQs are returned, even though the band is seems quiet. I'm working on QRP DXCC and so far, over half my DX contacts are on 30m.

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